In Tiruchi, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur
TIRUCHI: The Forest Department will plant eight lakh saplings in private lands in various forest divisions falling within the Tiruchi Circle under the Tree Cultivation in Private Lands Scheme (TCPL) in the current financial year with a view to enhancing tree cover outside forest areas.
THANJAVUR: World Bank funded Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation of Water Bodies Restoration Management Project (IAMWARM) has helped in popularising vermicompost and pulses, maize and red gram cultivation in Pattukottai and Peravurani areas of Thanjavur district.
THANJAVUR: The Annual Credit Plan (ACP) for 2010-2011 for Thanjavur district has envisaged a credit flow of Rs. 1465.91 crore under priority sector.
Union Minister of State for Finance S. S. Palani Manickam released the plan at a bankers' meeting held here on Tuesday. M.Karunakaran, Collector (in-charge), received the copy.
TAMIL Nadu is planning to increase the forest area in the State to 33 per cent and the State forest department has launched a slew of measures to attain the target, according to forest officials.
Says a report released by the Forest Survey of India
CHENNAI: There has been a marginal increase in the forest cover in the State, according to a report released by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) recently.
THANJAVUR: Biotechnology holds the key for ensuring food security of the world in future, said T.Padmanabhan, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, here on Thursday.
THANJAVUR: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay, is involved in solving the water problem in eight Himalayan sites using isotopes said K. Shivanna, Head, Isotope Hydrology Section, Isotope Application division, BARC, here on Monday.
THANJAVUR: As part of a project on climate change in Cauvery basin and its impact on rice production, a Norwegian team visited Thanjavur district on Thursday.
